Aspetos Humanos em Equipas de Desenvolvimento de Software

Abstract

Given its complexity, the software systems are usually developed by multidisciplinary and sometimes multicultural teams that even could be geographically distributed. In this context, the success of software projects depends not only on the technical skills of team, but also, and increasingly, the cohesion and smooth functioning of the teams. For example, it is known that it is advantageous to combine people with personality profiles heterogeneous, so that each element can contribute to the project with the best that has to offer. This heterogeneity opens the way for the team of diverse perspectives available solution before choosing which way to go. In this thesis we intend to study the critical factors that contribute to the proper functioning of the software development teams, using the course of LGPR as a laboratory for experimentation and validation and three companies as case studies. After an analysis of the state of the art were developed a set of hypotheses to validate that will be taken into account in planning LGPR. These assumptions are further validated in a business environment, with the help of companies like Deloitte, Altran and Critical Manufacturing. After monitoring the formation and operation of teams will draw conclusions about the factors that influence human performance and results, validating or refuting the hypotheses initially and may also extract other relevant findings.